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Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

Secretary of the Interior may make a 

recommendation for a transfer of control 

of the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

In June of 2023, the Detroit Institute of 

Arts requested that the Review 

Committee consider a proposal to 

transfer control of the human remains in 

this notice to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe 

of Chippewa Indians, Michigan. The 

Review Committee, acting pursuant to 

its responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(5), considered the request at its 

June 2023 meeting and recommended to 

the Secretary that the proposed transfer 

of control proceed. A July 2023 letter on 

behalf of the Secretary of Interior from 

the Designated Federal Official 

transmitted the Secretary’s independent 

review and concurrence with the 

Review Committee that: 

• The Detroit Institute of Arts 

consulted with every appropriate Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, 

• None of the consulted and notified 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations objected to the proposed 

transfer of control, and 

• The Detroit Institute of Arts may 

proceed with the agreed upon transfer of 

control of the culturally unidentifiable 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan. 

Transfer of control is contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Determinations 

Officials of the Detroit Institute of 

Arts have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on biological 

evidence. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 11 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the six objects described in this notice 

are reasonably believed to have been 

placed with or near individual human 

remains at the time of death or later as 

part of the death rite or ceremony. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2) and 

10.16, the disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

may be to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan. 

Request for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or non-Federally recognized 

Indian groups identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after September 22, 2023. If 

competing requests for disposition are 

received, the Detroit Institute of Arts 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Detroit 

Institute of Arts is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribe identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 

3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 

CFR 10.9 and 10.11. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036444; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Augusta Museum of History, 

Augusta, GA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Augusta Museum of History intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Placer County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

September 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Nancy Glaser, Executive 

Director, Augusta Museum of History, 

560 Reynolds Street, Augusta, GA 

30901, telephone (706) 722–8454, email 

amh@augustamuseum.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Augusta 

Museum of History. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records held 

by the Augusta Museum of History. 

Description 

Ten lots of cultural items were 

removed from Placer County, CA, most 

likely between 1924 and 1938, by Smith 

Coin and Curio Company, which, 

during those years, was located at 1541 

48th Street in Sacramento, CA. These 

cultural items were likely procured for 

the Augusta Museum of History by 

former director Jouett Davenport, Sr. 

(1937–1963). The 10 objects of cultural 

patrimony are individual lots consisting 

of ceramic, glass, and stone beads. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: archeological, 

geographical, historical, and expert 

opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Augusta Museum of 

History has determined that: 

• The 10 cultural items described 

above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 


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the United Auburn Indian Community 

of the Auburn Rancheria of California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by any lineal descendant, 

Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who shows, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 

descendant or a culturally affiliated 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after September 22, 2023. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the Augusta Museum of 

History must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Augusta 

Museum of History is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribe identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and 

§ 10.14. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036433; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Vassar 

College has completed an inventory of 

human remains and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and any Indian 

Tribe. The human remains were 

removed from unknown geographic 

locations. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after September 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Brian Daly, Vassar College, 

124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, 

NY 12604, telephone (845) 437–5310, 

email brdaly@vassar.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of Vassar College. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. Additional information on 

the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the inventory or related 

records held by Vassar College. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, five individuals were 

removed from unknown geographic 

locations. During the 1920s, the human 

remains (7; 8; 9; 14; 24) were acquired 

by Vassar College’s Natural History and 

Social Museums. After the museums 

dissolved in the 1960s, the human 

remains were acquired by the 

Anthropology and Biology Departments. 

Human remains located in the Biology 

and Anthropology Department teaching 

collections were examined for visual 

and statistical markers of Native 

American affinities, with results 

reported on December 21, 2020. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

Secretary of the Interior may make a 

recommendation for a transfer of control 

of the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains. In June of 2023, Vassar College 

requested that the Review Committee 

consider a proposal to transfer control of 

the human remains in this notice to the 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. The Review 

Committee, acting pursuant to its 

responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(5), considered the request at its 

June 2023 meeting and recommended to 

the Secretary that the proposed transfer 

of control proceed. A July 2023 letter on 

behalf of the Secretary of Interior from 

the Designated Federal Official 

transmitted the Secretary’s independent 

review and concurrence with the 

Review Committee that: 

• Vassar College consulted with every 

appropriate Indian Tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization, 

• None of the consulted and notified 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations objected to the proposed 

transfer of control, and 

• Vassar College may proceed with 

the agreed upon transfer of control of 

the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan and the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

Transfer of control is contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Determinations 

Officials of Vassar College have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on biological 

evidence. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of five 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2) and 

10.16, the disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

may be to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan and the Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin. 

Request for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

disposition may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after September 22, 

2023. If competing requests for 

disposition are received, Vassar College 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. Vassar 

College is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 

identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 10.11. 


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